First, I gotta say...grrrr Drew...solidarity. Man oh man. Not a bad grrrr, but kicking myself I didn't think of it. *cheers wildly for you Drew*

Thanks for sharing the insomnia L. Gives me something to entertain myself with at almost 3 am.

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5. Holy crap, that corset top is fabulous. I must have one NOW NOW NOW NOW.

14. Kate Moss is a hideous hag-monster. You, on the other hand, are gorgeous.

I SO want to be invited to your party even if it is 3,000 miles away. Besides, I will lure you to the dark side by exciting your lust to spin.

Oh my gosh Laurie, that corset top is going to look amazing on you. I'm not saying you should kill yourself staying up nights in order to have it ready for court day. But.

Hmmm. Think if I left Massachusetts and started driving right now that I could make it to the party?

I so want to come to your party! I'll have a drink in your honor here in OK. You will be fine, at the party and at court! You and your confidence will smoke him!

Oh, honey! Yes, you really will be divorced, and after a while you will actually start believing it. Yay for Drew for showing solidarity, too! Mr. X doesn't have nearly as many cool friends as you do!!

The party will be great, and everyone will have fun. Wish I lived close enough to come to it...

I feel like the Bella Karoly of knitting, "You can DO it, you CAN do IT!" And you can be my li'l ol' Kerry Strug. Or was that shrug?

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/96/96aupdate.phtml

Yes, you CAN make that - but don't put pressure on yourself to get it done too fast or anything. That will make you crazy, aunt purl!

(Lissen, we all should send Laurie images of ourselves that she can print out and put around the party so we'll all be there!)

... and I'm still trying to figure out why you'll be wearing lamé to court... At any rate, you'll look FABulous. How about if you sport a little goatee?

cleaning the cat box and showering IS party prep. And hurray for Drew for calming you down for a bit. He's right. Listen to him. he even appears to be from Texas so you have no excuses not to listen to him.

Knit that corset.

If its the Annie M pattern I'm thinking of, I am SO SO jealous!

And as for divorcing man...yeah, what you said, SCREW HIM...and the woman he rode in on!!!! Us divorced (or soon to be) spinster types like us have to stick together...solidarity!!!

I wanna be just like you, but I don't have cats :( can I borrow one of yours?

((((Laurie)))) You will have a wonderful party...how could you not? Everyone wants to come because you'll be there....

I love Annie's idea of sending you our images so you can have us at the party too...soon as I Photoshop the heck out of mine I'm forwarding it to ya! I'll be the one with the big glass of red wine and a light dusting of cat hair...LOL...

Hee hee! We should start a knit along for that beautiful corset. I started it last week and I've frogged it once already. I had a wine induced delusion that I should knit the xtra small. Annie is the best and I'm a combined knitter all the way baby. Have a great party and that Drew...he sounds like a doll.

I have decided to put my cat box in the guest room. Because I don't spend time there, and I really don't want other people spending much time there either. hehe

Is there room for another Texas girl at the party? I make killer deviled eggs, and I'll bring homebrewed beer!

Hi, Aunt Purl! I've been lurking here for some time - in a friendly, not-at-all-stalkerish way, of course. And I finally have to post a comment, because we've got so much in common it's silly. I'm also a beginning knitter (January); I was divorced at 28 (I'm 33 now); I've got cats (only two, but they're Siamese, so I probably do count as a crazy cat lady); and oh how I like the wine. Also the talking. And the writing.

Anyway, I wanted to tell you my encouraging story. Just about six months after my ex-husband and I split up, I had my first solo party. I sold my engagement ring, and used the (surprisingly meager) resulting funds to buy wine and gin and lots of food. I asked everyone I knew even the tiniest bit, and I asked everyone I invited to bring other people. I didn't have a lot of friends, because most of my friends were "our" friends and that's just the way those things go. So I needed to meet people - and I did. I met a gal who became one of my best friends; I was a bridesmaid in her wedding just this fall. And a week after the party, my new friend introduced me to the man I've been with ever since. So parties are good! Socializing is good! And don't worry about dropping the burgers, a little dirt won't hurt anyone.

Corset Tank Pullover--whoa! That is gorgeous! Even I might become a "real" knitter for that...

About #5 : Yes, make the corset. How could you not after the whole pep talk and all?
About #14: I think you should wear the Mr X wristband, because hello, you are so much more popular, beautiful, and funny than Kate Moss. She has no personality, which is why we all love you so much. And it will be a great reminder of all the reasons you don't need him (although I doubt you'll need it. Seeing his goatee and earring in person will probably remind you by themselves.)
Good luck, with the party, I wish I could be there but alas, I'm stuck here. Maybe a glass of wine and a cigarette on the deck this evening will make me feel better.

Tsunami alert in LA? What the...? I didn't even hear about it. But if I had, I would have been having nightmares too. That earthquake the other was bad enuf.

Good luck with the party. Can't wait to see pictures!!

1: Your party is going to be wonderful.If in doubt, add bourbon.
2: Wish I could be there.
3: Drew is GREAT.
4: It is "ya'll", at least here in Georgia.

PS. You are SO much better looking than Kate Moss. Honey, Kate looks like a chihuahua on crack.

Thanks for reminding me about Saturn going away soon. Man, you are going to have one GREAT partay! I think Annie's idea is ace..I'll see if I can become unshy enough to reveal myself!

Girl, you are so right about manufacturing your own happiness! Throw parties for yourself and the Uber-Cats on a regular basis.

The Kate Moss thing - have you seen that piece she's been dating? They look like matching heroin-addict bookends.

Three things can get you through anything: Knitting. Books. Cats. Sounds like you've got 'em all.

Pam, you forgot the two most important: wine and nicotine. The late, great, Dorothy Sayers said, "With nicotine and a supply of reading material one can face up to anything," and of course, she was right.

DEFINITELY wear the X Power Cuff! How awesome! And the corset, if you can knit it in time? (I realize them's fightin' words..."

You are my hero.
Thank you, that is all.

Your party will be absolutely fabulous and you need to recap the entire thing here! Have a blast and RELAX!

Do you have beach front property? Then don't worry about the tsunami...also if you're ever walking on the beach and the tide goes out so far that fish flop around the beach. Don't go investigate...run to higher ground. you know on the Phukat beach resorts where someone actually recognised what was going on and the resort managers actually listened and exacuated the beaches, they didn't have fatalities.

Just a little advice from your friendly oceanographer :)

Great. Laughing so hard the people at work probably think I'm the one drinking...

And Mr. X? Well, I'm betting he doesn't have so many loverly friends as you do. And I'm sure his goatee has lice. Or it will soon as I get this voodoo candle lit....

You are Fabulous! Don't worry so much about the party. Wish I could be there. I'll be sending you good party juju and hoisting a vat of wine in your honor!

I will definitely bring dessert.

Oh yes, we love Drew! Woooohoooo! In fact we can have our usual Drew-fest where we extoll the virtues of all that is the crochet dude for the entire party....

Hey, you two need to call me! We'll have a conference call.

Do you have/have you seen Annie's book, "Confessions of a Knitting Heretic"? She is so cool. And I am so jealous that you have met her.

1. HATE Kate Moss, LOVE you!
2. Drew - awesome show of solidarity
3. LOVE the corset top!

Have a FABULOUS party!!!

Laurie Darling!
We are lucky enough to live only about 12 miles from your house! We'll be there with Texas-style ambrosia, a green salad and a 6-pack! My DH, Larry is from the SF Valley and he LOVES visiting there. He's also a major cat lover...he will be taking endless photos of the cats. Aren't some of the cats boys? Sounds like a party to me! Can't wait.

L.A. Ell

Your party will be great, don't worry! And you should totally make the corset.

Mr. X is a silly, stupid, insignificant, sorry excuse for a "man". I hope someday soon you will stop giving him so much power over you!

C'mon, does he have a literal goddess like Annie Modesitt stalking HIM? Oh pull-EEZE.

Woo hoo! Party! I'll bring my husband, too, so there will be 2 men! And we'll have fun, and drink much wine. How can it not be fabulous? You don't need fresh paint and Corian to have a good time.

And Kate Moss is so over. You, honey, are just beginning.

I'm with Bess, only instead of being only 3,000 miles away, try a whole Pacific Ocean away. I'd give you ideas of spinning.
Don't make the corset if you have ideas of getting smaller unless you make the corset in the size you want to be as an incentive to not lying around eating Cheetos off your chest...and then get to that size.
Oh, I'm with Drew too :-) only not like that ....
Really important - apparently southern gels believe matching underwear is important
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You know? I just heart you. I do. I wish I could come to your party. I will drink wine in Utah out of solidarity and feel sad that I'm not there.

PS, can't you make that corset in time for the court date? Because **rrrowr**.

We're going to a friend's cabin for the weekend where there will be burgers. Shall I drop one on the ground where I am to ward off evil burger sliding spirits from your party??

Make the corset to fit you now, because you will look and, more imporantly, feel beautiful in it.

Ingrid, I beleive it was a 5th grader that recognized what was happening on the beach in Phukat. Amazing, huh?

Your party will be just fine.

Don't worry about the extra weight. If you show up for court lookin' GOOD, happy, and like this whole divorce thing is just a blip in your otherwise mah-velous life (which it is), Mr. X will eat his heart out. Or at least be extremely annoyed.

And Drew totally rocks... for both his show of solidarity and his great website. Not to mention he's none too shabby a hand at crochet.

Oh, I didn't know DH's were invited too. Eh, better off not bringing mine...IF you know what I mean. It still wouldn't get me out of taking the nephew to the mouse's house.

Ok, Laurie, I do solemnly swear that I will co-hostess the next one, that way, only half the stress, and you'd be certain that I'd be there! See how that works?

i like your top ten lists - I am due for another one but unlike yours which is 12 I think mine will be about 3 - cause I am really unimaginative these days - it has nothing to do with the hours my mommy is working NOOOOO......

Somehow cat poop and knitting go hand in hand. It never ceases to be hi-larious to me. ; 0 D

Oh wow - no matter how bad my day has been, I know when I see an update to the CAP site, I know I'm going to walk away smiling. Your gift of words is hilarious.

And, yes, I am also a charter member of the Drew Emborsky fan club :-)

FYI: June 30 is my evil ex's birthday. He will be 30. Ha ha! He will be 30 and lame and when I am 30 I will be cool. June 30 is a bad karma day for losers and a good karma day for gorgeous people like us.

My fat cat almost broke my computer monitor. I have pictures. Your cats are adorable.